And he can even request to have the sex offender classification removed later based on his history of rehabilitation.

Back in March, Lipps convicted Richmond and co-defendant Trent Mays, 17, in the rape of the West Virginia girl following a party in Steubenville in eastern Ohio in August 2012. The teen is serving at least a year in the Ohio juvenile detention system

‘It recognizes the seriousness of the offense that these young men committed and also the significance of the damages that occur when people that take advantage of other peoples’ bodies without consent,’